Läppi

German

Etymology

Clipping of Laptop + -i with Germanized spelling.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛpi/

Noun

Läppi m (strong, genitive Läppis, plural Läppis)

  1. (colloquial) clipping of Laptop
    • 1998 November 17, Martin Heggli, “COM-Port Problem...”, in ch.comp[1] (Usenet):
      Mein Läppi hat folgende Spezifikationen: Windows 98 und Linux SuSE 5.3 []
      My laptop has the following specs: Windows 98 and Linux SuSE 5.3 []
    • 2006 May 27, Rantanplan, “Großer Testbericht über MS "Tiger" in der c't”, in mactechnews.de[2], archived from the original on 25 October 2025:
      Anfang der Woche saß ich zwei Tage in einem Workshop. Da kam der Typ, schließt seinen Läppi an den Beamer an []
      At the start of this week I was in a workshop for two days. There was this guy, goes and connects his laptop to the projector []

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